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Discussing all the thingsThu, 21 Mar 2019 17:18:14 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.18Deeyah on making the documentary “Banaz: a love story”http://ikwro.org.uk/2012/11/banaz-an-honour-killing/
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:28:05 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=85389This collective sense of honour and shame has for centuries confined our movement and freedom of choice, and restricted our autonomy.… Read the rest]]>This collective sense of honour and shame has for centuries confined our movement and freedom of choice, and restricted our autonomy.
]]>Alabama senator says slavery was good for black peoplehttp://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/10/us/bible-backed-slavery-says-a-lawmaker.html
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:26:06 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=61963The bible says slavery is ok and the Southern slave plantations were fabulous for the slaves says State Senator Charles Davidson.… Read the rest]]>The bible says slavery is ok and the Southern slave plantations were fabulous for the slaves says State Senator Charles Davidson.
]]>Saudi cleric tells women to wear one-eye niqabhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7651231.stm
Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:49:42 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=61892Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive.… Read the rest]]>Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive.
]]>Tarek Fatah on death threats over free speechhttp://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/17/death-threats-over-free-speech
Sat, 12 May 2012 17:09:05 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=48812The celebrated and controversial Canadian author Irshad Manji received the first “Mansoor Hallaj Freedom of Speech Award” by the Muslim Canadian Congress.… Read the rest]]>The celebrated and controversial Canadian author Irshad Manji received the first “Mansoor Hallaj Freedom of Speech Award” by the Muslim Canadian Congress.
]]>The victimization of moderate Muslimshttp://www.spittoon.org/archives/8847
Mon, 07 May 2012 23:25:39 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=48460There has been a concerted campaign by many Muslims to remove Usama Hasan from his post as Imam of Masjid al-Tawhid in Leyton because he is too liberal.… Read the rest]]>There has been a concerted campaign by many Muslims to remove Usama Hasan from his post as Imam of Masjid al-Tawhid in Leyton because he is too liberal.
]]>TED talk: Tony Porter: a call to menhttp://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men.html
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:45:01 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47286If a 12-year-old boy says it would destroy him to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?… Read the rest]]>If a 12-year-old boy says it would destroy him to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?
]]>Jim Wright on Ayn Randhttp://www.stonekettle.com/2011/11/who-is-john-galt-that-was-bumper.html
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:04:42 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=37316I’d rather be forced to sit with a hemorrhoidal badger in my lap through every single George W. Bush and/or Al Gore speech ever recorded than to have to read Atlas Shrugged ever again.… Read the rest]]>I’d rather be forced to sit with a hemorrhoidal badger in my lap through every single George W. Bush and/or Al Gore speech ever recorded than to have to read Atlas Shrugged ever again.
]]>Kathryn Joyce on biblical battered wife syndromehttp://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/1007/biblical_battered_wife_syndrome%3A_christian_women_and_domestic_violence
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:30:06 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=28630According to Rick Warren’s Saddleback church, divorce is permitted only in cases of adultery or abandonment, and never for abuse. … Read the rest]]>According to Rick Warren’s Saddleback church, divorce is permitted only in cases of adultery or abandonment, and never for abuse.
]]>Jonathan Danilowitz on Israel’s enemy withinhttp://www.propagandistmag.com/2011/07/06/enemy-within
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:30:06 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=27996“Today’s Judaism as dictated by rabbis of various religious streams is vicious, divisive, discriminatory, cruel, oppressive, sexist, and anti-democratic.”

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]]>Naturalism v theologyhttp://www.naturalism.org/theology.htm
Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:06:40 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=27617Tom Clark explores the subject, so you don’t have to.… Read the rest]]>Tom Clark explores the subject, so you don’t have to.
]]>Ajita Kamal on women’s rights in Indiahttp://nirmukta.com/2010/04/20/freeing-devi-a-pragmatist-argument-for-gender-equality-in-the-freethought-movement-in-india/
Sun, 08 May 2011 16:20:06 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=26312Superstitions such as goddess worship are cultural impediments to realizing true gender equality.… Read the rest]]>Superstitions such as goddess worship are cultural impediments to realizing true gender equality.
]]>Stalemate on ‘mahram’ condition continueshttp://archive.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=112174&d=28&m=7&y=2008
Sat, 07 May 2011 16:53:46 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=26288Saudi women who win scholarships to study abroad can’t use them unless their male “guardian” goes with them for the duration.… Read the rest]]>Saudi women who win scholarships to study abroad can’t use them unless their male “guardian” goes with them for the duration.
]]>Radio Sweden on “Hatar Gud Kvinnor?”http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=3968646
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:57:20 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=25746Talks to OB and to Christer Sturmark.… Read the rest]]>Talks to OB and to Christer Sturmark.
]]>David Koepsell on atheism and civil rightshttp://secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=koepsell_27_6
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:47:47 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=25676As recently as the 1960s, in about a dozen states in the US, if you didn’t believe in a divine system of reward and punishment or if you denied the existence of a deity, you were actually denied civil rights.… Read the rest]]>As recently as the 1960s, in about a dozen states in the US, if you didn’t believe in a divine system of reward and punishment or if you denied the existence of a deity, you were actually denied civil rights.
]]>Howard Jacobson on the revolutionshttp://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/howard-jacobson/howard-jacobson-save-us-from-the-opinions-of-the-young-2226105.html
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:33:16 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=25360The Godly are always there in the wings, waiting for the hour in which they can claim the victory as theirs and restore tyranny, only in their image.… Read the rest]]>The Godly are always there in the wings, waiting for the hour in which they can claim the victory as theirs and restore tyranny, only in their image.
]]>Making “Lessons in Hate and Violence” for Dispatcheshttp://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/articles/lessons-in-hate-and-violence-feature
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:48:20 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=24989“You’re not like the non-Muslims out there,” the teacher says. “All that evil you see in the streets, people not wearing the hijab properly, people smoking… you should hate it, you should hate walking down that street.”… Read the rest]]>“You’re not like the non-Muslims out there,” the teacher says. “All that evil you see in the streets, people not wearing the hijab properly, people smoking… you should hate it, you should hate walking down that street.”
]]>Mohammed Hanif on Pakistan’s celebrity maulanashttp://www.newslinemagazine.com/2009/01/the-power-of-the-pulpit/
Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:06:40 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=24751They are there on prime time TV, they thunder on FM radios between adverts for Pepsi and hair removing cream.… Read the rest]]>They are there on prime time TV, they thunder on FM radios between adverts for Pepsi and hair removing cream.
]]>Child “witches” in Akwa Ibom, Nigeriahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-derrick/christian-extremism-witch_b_154685.html
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:18:32 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=23846“We had to leave the children where we found them.”… Read the rest]]>“We had to leave the children where we found them.”
]]>Sikivu Hutchinson on black infidelshttp://www.thenewhumanism.org/authors/sikivu-hutchinson/articles/black-infidels
Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:31:06 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=23750As a pioneer of the African American freethought and Humanist traditions, Frederick Douglass actively challenged the moral hypocrisy of white Christianity.… Read the rest]]>As a pioneer of the African American freethought and Humanist traditions, Frederick Douglass actively challenged the moral hypocrisy of white Christianity.
]]>Secret Service blamed Palin for spike in death threatshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html
Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:53:49 +0000http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=23626There was a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling “terrorist” and “kill him.”… Read the rest]]>There was a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling “terrorist” and “kill him.”
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